Man accused of battering 2 kids, mother

By News Herald staff report

Published: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 07:33 PM.

A man suspected of beating two children and their mother hid inside his home when deputies came to arrest him until he was told a K-9 would be released into the home to assist in his apprehension, according to the
Bay
County
Sheri
ff’s Office.

Jonathan Jeffery Baker, 22, of
Panama
City
, surrendered without incident rather than face the prospect of a fight with a K-9 officer. Deputies arrived at his home after the mother, who was not identified in a release, escaped Baker’s home and called 911.

The mother told investigators she arrived at Baker’s home Monday night to find Baker angry with her. She said he grabbed her by the hair and threw her to the ground, then demanded she go to the store and buy him a cigar while her two children stayed with him.

When she returned from the store, her oldest child had a bloody nose. She said Baker smeared blood on the child’s face and told the child “it was all mommy’s fault.” The mother watched Baker pick the child up by the hair and throw the child to the floor.

The children were taken to receive medical care. The older child had large bruises to the head and face, and numerous other injuries. The younger child had injuries consistent with being grabbed by the face and throat.

Baker was charged with domestic battery/aggravated battery, child abuse and aggravated child abuse, and served with several outstanding warrants for domestic battery and failure to pay fines.

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A man suspected of beating two children and their mother hid inside his home when deputies came to arrest him until he was told a K-9 would be released into the home to assist in his apprehension, according to the BayCountySheriff’s Office.

Jonathan Jeffery Baker, 22, of Panama City, surrendered without incident rather than face the prospect of a fight with a K-9 officer. Deputies arrived at his home after the mother, who was not identified in a release, escaped Baker’s home and called 911.

The mother told investigators she arrived at Baker’s home Monday night to find Baker angry with her. She said he grabbed her by the hair and threw her to the ground, then demanded she go to the store and buy him a cigar while her two children stayed with him.

When she returned from the store, her oldest child had a bloody nose. She said Baker smeared blood on the child’s face and told the child “it was all mommy’s fault.” The mother watched Baker pick the child up by the hair and throw the child to the floor.

The children were taken to receive medical care. The older child had large bruises to the head and face, and numerous other injuries. The younger child had injuries consistent with being grabbed by the face and throat.

Baker was charged with domestic battery/aggravated battery, child abuse and aggravated child abuse, and served with several outstanding warrants for domestic battery and failure to pay fines.

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